Inside story.Words can provide rest, create change, and ring new life to our inner and outer worlds. Developing this special issue has given us a wonderful reminder of that. To editors, there's little more beautiful than a well-crafted sentence or an elegant turn of phrase that punctures our established ways of thinking. Words can also be a wonderful gift--especially when they arrive unexpectedly. When we asked Haitian author Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat (born January 19, 1969 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian-born American author. Early life When she was two years old, her father André immigrated to New York from Haiti, to be followed two years later by her mother Rose. to contribute a short piece on her favorite books, she instead sent a lovely vignette Vignette A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible. in which her words bridge the distance between Haiti and the streets of Brooklyn. Her piece, like others here, marvelously enriches our understanding of the world. The process of writing is mysterious, and we're often surprised by what can happen. When Carol, a participant in a writers workshop for homeless men and women, searched for the right words for her writing, she also found her voice. Who knows how her words will change the people around her--and us? The breathless breath·less adj. 1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running. 2. Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: days of election 2004 are over and we've at last reached the quieter shores of Advent. As we anticipate the coming of God's Word, may the words here heal and stretch you, broaden your community, and enlarge TO ENLARGE. To extend; as, to enlarge a rule to plead, is to extend the time during which a defendant may plead. To enlarge, means also to set at liberty; as, the prisoner was enlarged on giving bail. your vision of the world. Breathe them in. Take them into your minds, hearts, and souls. Savor them. And rest.--The Editors Sojourners (ISSN ISSN abbr. International Standard Serial Number 0364-2097) is published monthly at 2401 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009. Periodicals Postage Paid at Washington, D.C., and additional mailing offices. Canadian Publications Sales Agreement #257494. POSTMASTER postmaster - The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is : Send address changes to Sojourners, PO Box 2056, Marion, OH 43306-2156. |
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